Feature article - Advanced automation technology and measurement problems
Ingemar Serneby from Emerson describes how the latest instruments meet level measurement challenges in typical chemical processing applications.
Evonik closes PeroxyChem buy
Evonik has closed the $640 million acquisition of PeroxyChem from One Equity Partners, after a lawsuit to block it filed by the Federal Trade Commission in August 2019 was rejected.
Allessa plant to be upgraded
WeylChem has announced that it is investing a sum “in the range of high single-digit millions euros” to upgrade a multi-purpose plant at the site of its Allessa custom and toll manufacturing subsidiary.
Feature article - Canary in the coalmine?
Carolyn Buller of Squire Patton Boggs offers her perspective on the state of the industry at the turn of the decade.
Lonza swings to pharma
Lonza has announced results for 2019, in which its growth was entirely driven by the Pharma Biotech & Nutrition division on which it will base its future.
Regulatory alignment vital, says CBA
The Chemical Business Association, which represents chemical distributors in the UK, has joined other associations in responding critically to Chancellor Sajid Javid’s recent statement that there would be no regulatory alignment with the EU following Brexit.
Piramal to expand Canadian facility
CDMO Piramal Pharma Solutions business is to expand its Aurora facility in Aurora, Toronto, by investing C$25 million in a new API wing.
